This morning, we reported another tragedy involving a police officer being brutally murdered simply for doing his job. However, last night’s slaying of New York City police officer Randolph Holder had a unique twist: Holder, originally from Guyana, was black.

So what’s a movement supposedly all about the importance of black lives to do when a black cop is murdered? Celebrate, of course — which is exactly what some members of the Black Lives Matter movement did last night.

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Some Harlem residents are cheering the news of the murder Tuesday night of New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder, a five year veteran and immigrant from Guyana who was killed in the line of duty, according to a report by former NYPD officer John Cardillo posted to Twitter.

Getting really disturbing info from cops at Harlem Hospital that residents, some ID’ing as #BlackLivesMatter, are celebrating cop’s death.

Getting news I didn’t want to get. Officer’s condition is grave. Not likely to survive from what I’m being told. — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015

I’m getting confirm from multiple sources that the NYPD Officer has died from his injuries. I hate writing this. — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015

While Black Lives Matter supporters apparently celebrated outside the Harlem hospital where slain officer Holder ultimately took his last breath, some on Twitter were also adding their sick applause to the tragedy:

Shoutout to the guy that shot the pig in Harlem 🐷🔫 — #Eagles 3-3 (@ChipsNoKelly) October 21, 2015

Meanwhile, Black Instigator In Chief Reverend Al Sharpton — who, of course, has been mute on the previous tragic deaths of white police officers — called for this to “stop” in his own tweet:

My sincere prayers for the family of NYPD officer Randolph Holder killed in East Harlem last night. This must stop!

Taking the reverend’s tweet at face value — putting aside, for a moment, the question of sincerity — most of us would agree these all-too-frequent attacks on men and women in blue must stop.

Perhaps Reverend Sharpton could use his pulpit to transmit that message to the Black Lives Matter folks. Somehow, they seem to think a black life DOESN’T matter if it’s blue — as was NYPD officer Randolph Holder. Or, if it’s an unborn child aborted, body parts sold for profit. Or a nine-year-old girl shot and killed while doing homework. Or one of the countless blacks killed in Chicago’s violence epidemic — like 11-month-old Princeton Wells’ mother and grandmother (baby Princeton was shot but survived).

For now, the only conclusion I can draw from the actions of Black Lives Matter supporters is that the only lives that truly matter to them are despicable thugs like the one who shot officer Randolph Holder in the forehead, leaving his family to grieve. Who’s going to tell them it must stop?

Meet Allen West

Allen West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family.

During his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan.